مجلس التعليم » الإجتماع الأول لمجلس التعليم لعام 2015م

09-02-2015

The Education Council held its 1st meeting this year under the chairmanship of Dr Rawya bint Saud al Busaidiya, Minister of Higher Education and Deputy Chair of the Council. The meeting included a presentation by the Ministry of Manpower on education and vocational training paths namely the vocational general education diploma parallel to the technical education diploma, the general vocational education diploma parallel to the general education diploma, the vocational student programme, the short courses program and the disabled programmes.
These paths aim at enhancing absorption of the general education outputs and training and rehabilitation of those working in vocational jobs.
The Council raised this vision to the respective organisations to conduct more studies and raise their recommendations to the Council.
The Council also discussed the amendments at the regulations to grant lands to the Higher Education Institutions and the regulation and mechanism for the commercial investment at the governmental lands owned by these institutions. These lands were provided to these institutions through the Ministry of Higher Education.
The Council also reviewed the report prepared by its secretariat on the performance in 2014.
The Council reviewed a number of reports and other circular which were raised to it by the respective agencies and took appropriate decisions towards them.